Christmas drinks, with someone else serving
You have invited everyone over, or organised the office Christmas do. You should be enjoying it with them, not spending the evening measuring drinks and finding more ice.
Hire a cocktail maker to serve at your existing counter, add a staffed mobile bar, or choose a package with the agreed drinks supplied. We come to your home, office or hired venue, prepare before service and make the drinks while you spend time with your guests.
Staff from £270 for three hours · staffed bars from £595 for three hours · inclusive packages from £29 per guest for four hours, minimum 50 guests. Travel, extras and date-specific pricing are confirmed in your quote.
Start with what you already have: a suitable counter, the drinks supplies, or neither. The setting does not decide the service—a small office can book one person, while a home party can have a supplied bar.
From £270 for three service hours
Hire the cocktail professional and working kit. You provide the counter, ingredients, ice and glasses; we make and serve the selected drinks.
Each extra hour is £67.50 per professional. Plan one person for every 50 guests.
From £595 for three service hours
One 1.5m mobile bar unit and one professional, including bar assembly and removal. You buy ingredients and ice; glassware hire is available separately.
Two professionals can serve behind one unit: £865 for 51–100 guests over three hours, before travel and extras.
From £29 per guest for four service hours
The agreed bar, team, selected-drink ingredients, ice and glassware together. Tier 2 is £34 and Tier 3 £39 per guest for four hours.
Minimum 50 guests: £1,450 / £1,700 / £1,950 before travel and extras. Your tier determines eligible menu choices.
Starting prices are service subtotals. Your postcode, date and agreed extras determine the final quote. The staff-only service has no 50-guest minimum.
| Item | Staff only | Staffed mobile bar | Inclusive package |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cocktail professional and working tools | Included | Included | Included |
| Suitable counter / mobile bar | You provide a counter | We supply the bar | We supply the bar |
| Selected ingredients and ice | You buy them | You buy them | Agreed supplies included |
| Glassware | You arrange it | Optional hire, priced separately | Agreed glassware included |
| Bar installation and removal | No supplied bar | Included | Included |
Adjust the guest count and hours below, then choose staff, a staffed bar or a package. Continue with those details to the existing quote system, where you enter your event date and full postcode for availability and the final itemised total.
Choose your guests, hours and service. Check the date and travel below.
£270.00
1 Cocktail Professional
From £270 per professional for 3 service hours, then £67.50 per extra hour.
£595.00
1 Cocktail Professional + 1 Bar Unit.
Bar hardware is £325 per unit for the event; extra hours apply to service staff.
50 guests · 4 hours; includes 1 Cocktail Professional + 1 bar unit.
Includes the bar, service staff, agreed drinks and glassware. Minimum 50 guests and 4 hours.
Service £270.00 + estimated ingredient shop £359.25
Approximately £629.25
Before travel, glassware and any layout extras. Ingredient shopping is an estimate.
Straight-bar working footprint: 1.5m (W) × 1.5m (D) straight bar for 1 Cocktail Professional. Guest circulation is additional. This includes the working depth. Other layouts and optional corner sections are priced in checkout.
Package prices use at least 50 guests and 4 hours. The agreed ingredients are included in a stocked package.
These service subtotals are before postcode travel, optional extras and date-specific pricing. Your final total and availability are confirmed in checkout.
These are planning examples using our standard rates, before travel, extras and any date-specific pricing.
£270 for three hours: one professional at your suitable counter. You arrange the ingredients, ice and glasses. A complete staff-only booking, with no mobile bar required.
£865 for three hours: two professionals behind one 1.5m bar unit. You buy the ingredients and ice, with glassware arranged separately. Agree the arrival rush and service position with us.
£2,900 / £3,400 / £3,900 for four hours: the current three package tiers, with two professionals and one bar unit. Selected drinks, ice and glassware are included as agreed.
Staffing capacity and drink quantities are different decisions. Package stock is calculated from your guests, hours and selected menu, with quantities confirmed before booking. These prices do not promise unlimited drinks.
Choose the setup around the room and the evening you are planning.
A cleared, suitable kitchen island, counter or sturdy table can become the drinks station. Share the dimensions and arrange stock, ice, glasses and cold storage. Once service begins, you can stay with your friends instead of running the drinks.
Book a professional at an existing counter or add a supplied bar. Agree who receives the ingredients, how the team enters the building and when everyone finishes work. Make sure the loading, lift and security arrangements match the service floor.
Tell us when guests will arrive together, whether there are speeches and whether service is spread across rooms or floors. Staff allocation, bar positions and stock need to follow that running order.
Check that your venue accepts an outside drinks team and whether its counter is available. Agree arrival drinks, any meal break, last-drink time and the pack-down window with the venue contact.
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Choose up to five eligible drinks from the existing Cocktailhire menu. These are a few options for your Christmas gathering; the chooser shows which are available within your service or package tier.
Include them when choosing the event menu. Drinks with an alcohol-free option are marked in the chooser; check the actual alternatives available for your selection.
Yes. Our professional can pour your Prosecco, wine, bottled beers and soft drinks too. Include them in the event details so the station, glasses and timing can be planned. Staff-only hire does not include those supplies or dining-table waiting.
Inclusive packages cover bottled beer, Prosecco and wine during cocktail-bar service. Separate seated-meal drinks, dining-table service, Champagne and specific brands need agreement. See the package inclusions before choosing.
Your ingredients. Your choice of supermarket.
You buy the ingredients and ice. We send you an itemised shopping list with direct product links, and you keep every leftover bottle.
Start with our festive suggestion: Red Brick with a white countertop. Switch finishes and move between the straight, horseshoe and island layouts to find the bar that fits your room. Your selected finish, layout and white-top preference follow you into the quote for confirmation.
THE MOBILE BAR COLLECTION
Scroll or select a layout. Choose your finish below.
THE SAME FINISH, SIDE BY SIDE
Compare straight, horseshoe and island bars with their working footprints.
LED Gatsby is available for setups of two bar units or more.
Red Brick / White Top
01 / STRAIGHT
A straight bar needs its ordered width by 1.5m floor depth.
02 / HORSESHOE
Allow the ordered width by 2.5m floor depth, with access at the back.
03 / ISLAND
Allow 5.5m by 3.5m for the island, central shelving and working area, plus guest circulation space.
Configurations shown for comparison, not to scale. Equipment and back-bar shelving depend on the arrangement booked.
A single unit has a 1.5m frontage and 108cm counter height. Allow 1.5m width × 1.5m working depth, including the staff space behind it. Two professionals can work behind that unit.
Guest circulation, furniture and the delivery route need additional space. Larger layouts have their own measurements.
Confirm doorways, turns, stairs, usable lifts and the loading point before the party. Keep access and guest circulation clear when positioning furniture and decorations; agree shelter for any outdoor position.
Check the bar layouts and working floor plans · Compare the bar finishes
Agree the date, supplies and running order before the event, so the attending team can prepare for your party.
Step 01
Choose people at your counter, a staffed bar or an inclusive package. Add your exact date and postcode in checkout and review the final price, access and responsibilities.
Step 02
Select up to five eligible drinks from the existing menu, including suitable alcohol-free options. Tell us about other drinks, speeches and the meal so the team has the same plan.
Step 03
Once payment is made, including a deposit where that option is available, your full booking paperwork is released. When you supply ingredients, it includes an itemised shopping list with direct clickable links and quantities for your selected drinks. You buy the supplies; the preview below the calculator is an estimate.
Step 04
We arrange early access to build the bar, if booked, and prepare the working station and ingredients. Preparation does not use your paid service hours: the team is ready to serve the first drink at the agreed start time.
A short, shared plan avoids last-minute instructions while guests are arriving.
Name the on-day contact, loading point and service floor. Confirm security, lifts, supplier-document requirements and who buys, receives and stores ingredients, ice and glasses.
Agree the start, last-drink and finish times, plus speeches or meal breaks. Tell us if guests will remain while equipment is packed away and confirm the venue’s removal window. Agree bar-area clearing; this is not a whole-house or office cleaning service.
Send proposed guest-count or timing changes before the event so we can check staff, supplies and the quote. Review the payment options and terms for your booking rather than assuming extra people or hours are included.
Read booking policies and supplier documents · Discuss access or event requirements
These existing records show our service in practice. They are labelled by the events they document, rather than presented as Christmas bookings.
A three-metre wooden bar and team for an after-work event. Amazon arranged the ingredients and ice internally—an example of how a company can provide the stock and book the service.
Read the documented office event · Meet Cocktailhire and founder Stu Hoyland
These are selected testimonials from our Google Business Profile. Our overall Google rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 40 Google reviews.
Jennifer Pash
Google review ·
Communication was very good throughout the whole process, they turned up on time and our guests were really impressed!
Excerpt from a Google review
Kate May
Google review ·
Harry was fantastic, and the cocktails were flowing all night. Everyone had a great time, and it really made the party.…
Excerpt from a Google review
Sarah Kearns
Google review ·
I was very impressed with the whole service, and I will definitely be booking them again!
Excerpt from a Google review
Google review data checked on 1 November 2026.
Yes. Staff-only hire starts at £270 for one professional and three service hours, then £67.50 per extra hour per professional. You provide the suitable counter, ingredients, ice and glasses. The 50-guest minimum belongs to inclusive packages, not staff-only hire. Travel and any date-specific pricing are confirmed in checkout.
Yes, if the surface and working area are suitable. Share the measurements, position and access to supplies, water and waste when planning the booking. You do not need to hire a mobile bar simply because the party is in an office or hired venue.
For staff-only hire, you arrange all of these. With a staffed mobile bar, you arrange ingredients and ice; glassware hire can be added separately. An inclusive package supplies the agreed ingredients, ice and glassware with the bar and team. Your itemised quote records the selected format and extras.
The agreed mobile bar, cocktail team, selected-drink ingredients, ice and glassware are included. Bottled beer, Prosecco and wine are included during cocktail-bar service. Drinks for a separate seated meal, dining-table service, Champagne or particular brands need specific agreement. Stock is planned from your guest count, service hours and selected menu, with quantities confirmed before booking; the price is not an unlimited-drinks promise.
Plan one professional per 50 guests and, when a mobile bar is supplied, one 1.5m unit per 100 guests, rounding each up. Two professionals can work behind one unit: for 75 guests, one unit and two professionals start at £865 for three service hours before travel and extras. Separate rooms, arrival patterns or additional duties may need a different agreed plan.
Yes. The existing menu includes drinks with an alcohol-free option, identified in the chooser. Include non-drinkers when choosing up to five eligible drinks for the event, and check the actual options within your chosen service or package.
Yes. Alongside cocktails, the professional can pour your Prosecco, wine, bottled beers and soft drinks. Declare these in the event details so the station, glasses and timing can be planned. Staff-only hire does not supply those drinks, draught equipment, dining-table waiting or food service.
The single straight unit has a 1.5m frontage and a 108cm counter height. Allow a 1.5m-wide by 1.5m-deep working footprint, including the space behind the bar. Guest circulation and the delivery route are additional. Confirm doorways, lifts, stairs and the position before furniture or decorations are set out.
The team arrives with agreed access early enough to set up and prepare before your paid service begins, ready for the first drink at the booked start time. Tell us about security, loading restrictions, the meal or speeches and the venue’s pack-down window. Arrival time is agreed for the actual setup.
Tell us about proposed changes before the event so staffing, stock, access and the quote can be checked. Review the payment, changes and cancellation terms supplied for your booking; do not assume extra guests or hours are included in the original total.
Use the guide calculator, then continue to checkout with your guest count, service hours and chosen format. Enter the exact event date and full postcode there to check the itemised total and availability. The advertised starting figures do not guarantee every December date or include travel.
Use the existing regional guides for coverage and local planning information. Your full event postcode, date and access details confirm travel and availability; a listed area is not a promise that every date is available.
Cocktailhire provides cocktail bartenders and staffed mobile bars across the UK from Bury. Choose your regional page below; the full event postcode sets the separately quoted travel. Listed postcode districts are examples. Postal spans show broad coverage bounds, not a continuous list of valid districts; adjacent-guide links identify districts handled in another regional guide. Each linked regional guide contains its complete district list; the postcode index also accounts for districts requiring a full venue address.
| Regional service area | Towns, cities and areas covered | Postal bounds and example districts | Regional booking information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester & Greater Manchester | Greater Manchester, Manchester, Salford, Bury, Unsworth, Whitefield, Prestwich, Bolton, Stockport, Altrincham, Hale, Bowdon, Sale, Didsbury, Chorlton, Oldham, Rochdale, Wigan, Trafford, Tameside | Postal bounds and markers: M1–M90. Example districts: M1, M2, BL9. | Manchester & Greater Manchester service page |
| Cheshire | Cheshire, Alderley Edge, Wilmslow, Knutsford, Prestbury, Macclesfield, Chester, Nantwich, Crewe, Tarporley, Congleton, Warrington, Northwich | Postal bounds and markers: CW1, SK9, WA16. Example districts: SK9, SK10, CH1. | Cheshire service page |
| London & Greater London | London, Greater London, Central London, Westminster, Mayfair, Marylebone, Soho, Covent Garden, City of London, Canary Wharf, Shoreditch, Hackney, Islington, Camden, Kensington, Chelsea, Knightsbridge, Belgravia, Fulham, Putney, Wandsworth, Clapham, Battersea, Richmond, Wimbledon, Greenwich, Dulwich | Postal bounds and markers: SW1–SW20. Example districts: WC2R, W1K, W1H. | London & Greater London service page |
| Liverpool & Merseyside | Merseyside, Liverpool, Wirral, Southport, St Helens, Birkenhead, Formby, Knowsley, Sefton | Postal bounds and markers: L1–L40. Example districts: L1, L2, CH41. The L1–L40 span crosses guide boundaries: L39 and L40 use the Lancashire guide. For nearby CH1, use the Cheshire guide. | Liverpool & Merseyside service page |
| Leeds, Yorkshire & the North East | Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Leeds, York, Harrogate, Sheffield, Bradford, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Halifax, Ilkley, Skipton, Wetherby, Ripon, Hull, Beverley, Doncaster, Barnsley, Rotherham, North East England, Middlesbrough, Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, Darlington, Northumberland | Postal bounds and markers: LS1–LS29, YO1. Example districts: LS1, YO1, HG1. | Leeds, Yorkshire & the North East service page |
| Birmingham & the West Midlands | West Midlands, Birmingham, Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, Edgbaston, Harborne, Wolverhampton, Coventry, Walsall, Dudley, Worcestershire, Bromsgrove, Kidderminster, Hereford, Shropshire, Shrewsbury, Telford, Staffordshire, Stafford, Lichfield, Cannock, Stoke-on-Trent, Warwickshire, Warwick, Royal Leamington Spa, Stratford-upon-Avon | Postal bounds and markers: B1–B98. Example districts: B1, CV1, WV1. | Birmingham & the West Midlands service page |
| Surrey, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire | Surrey, Guildford, Woking, Farnham, Cobham, Weybridge, Esher, Epsom, Reigate, Dorking, Camberley, Berkshire, Windsor, Ascot, Reading, Maidenhead, Newbury, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes, Marlow, Beaconsfield, Amersham, Aylesbury, Oxfordshire, Oxford, Henley-on-Thames, Banbury, Bicester | Postal bounds and markers: GU1, KT1, SL1. Example districts: GU1, GU2, KT13. For nearby KT1, use the London guide. | Surrey, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire service page |
| Kent & Sussex | Kent, Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks, Maidstone, Canterbury, Whitstable, Ashford, Margate, Folkestone, Dartford, Medway, Rochester, Dover, West Sussex, East Sussex, Brighton, Chichester, Horsham, Crawley | Postal bounds and markers: TN1, ME1, CT1. Example districts: ME14, CT1, TN1. | Kent & Sussex service page |
| Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire & East Anglia | Essex, Chelmsford, Brentwood, Shenfield, Loughton, Chigwell, Epping, Billericay, Colchester, Southend-on-Sea, Saffron Walden, Hertfordshire, St Albans, Harpenden, Watford, Hertford, Bishop's Stortford, Stevenage, Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, Ely, Newmarket, Huntingdon, Peterborough, Bedford, Norfolk, Norwich, Suffolk, Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds | Postal bounds and markers: CM1, AL1, CB1. Example districts: CM1, CO1, AL1. | Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire & East Anglia service page |
| Lancashire & Cumbria | Lancashire, Clitheroe, Ribble Valley, Preston, Blackburn, Burnley, Chorley, Lytham St Annes, Blackpool, Lancaster, Cumbria, Kendal, Windermere, Lake District | Postal bounds and markers: PR1–PR26, BB1. Example districts: PR1, BB1, LA1. | Lancashire & Cumbria service page |
| Nottingham & the East Midlands | East Midlands, Nottingham, West Bridgford, Mansfield, Newark, Derby, Chesterfield, Bakewell, Peak District, Leicester, Loughborough, Market Harborough, Rutland, Oakham, Northampton, Towcester, Kettering, Lincoln, Grantham, Stamford | Postal bounds and markers: NG1, DE1, LE1. Example districts: NG1, DE1, LE1. | Nottingham & the East Midlands service page |
| Bristol, the South West, Wiltshire, Hampshire & the Isle of Wight | South West England, Bristol, Bath, Salisbury, Amesbury, Wilton, Wiltshire, Swindon, Devizes, Marlborough, Chippenham, Andover, Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, Basingstoke, Romsey, New Forest, Fordingbridge, Ringwood, Verwood, Lymington, Petersfield, Farnborough, Fleet, Hampshire, Somerset, Taunton, Frome, Glastonbury, Yeovil, Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, Cirencester, Cotswolds, Gloucester, Stroud, Dorset, Bournemouth, Poole, Dorchester, Christchurch, Devon, Exeter, Plymouth, Cornwall, Truro, Isle of Wight | Postal bounds and markers: SP1–SP11, SO14–SO53, BA1, BS1. Example districts: BS1, BA1, SP1, SP6, SP10, SO23. | Bristol, the South West, Wiltshire, Hampshire & the Isle of Wight service page |
Use your guest count and service hours for a guide price, then enter the date and postcode in checkout. You can review the service format, supplies and final total before confirming.
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